Coffee Break Spanish - CBS 1.16 | Ordering food in a café

Episode Date: March 7, 2009

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Hello, bienninos at Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. In this episode, we're continuing on from where we left off last time, because we've not yet asked for the bill in the cafe where we were having our coffees and our drinks and so on. So we'll be learning head to ask for the bill and indeed order some snacks today in this lesson. I hope you enjoy it. Okay, so last week we were learning all about ordering drinks in the cafe and also some of the phrases that the waiter or waitress might say to you, when he or she brings your drinks. Today we're going to take this a stage further. The key word here is otro. Otro. Otro means another, or literally other. And it's a good word to practice your Spanish R sound.

Otro. Otro. Otro. Okay, so you might want to say Otro bino. Otro vino Another wine Or

Otroucafe Otroucafe How would you say another white coffee please Cara? Otro cafe with leche, por favor Otro café with leze, por favor.

Very well. Now, Otro is the word that's used for masculine words and most of the drinks that we learned last week were masculine. We talked about un café, a café with leech,

a tea, and so on. But there were feminine words, una limonada, for example. I wonder if you can work out how you would say

another lemonade using the feminine form of Otro. What do you think that would be? Otra. Otra, exactly,

ending in A. Otra limonada. Otra limonada. Very good. Otra limonada. So, Otro or Otra. Otro?

Otro? Otra. Very well. Another way of saying this, regardless of what drink you might have, is Otra de lo-mismo. Otra de lo-mismo. And lo-mismo means the same thing. So, Otra de lo-mismo.

Another one of the same. Another of the same thing. Otra de lo-mismo. Otra de lo-mismo. Okay, now we're going to move on because in most Spanish bars and cafes you can eat as well as drink so we're going to ask the question

Can you eat here? Now let's think about the parts of this sentence that we know already. What is the word for here? Aki. Aki. So we're going to say Can you eat here? And the word to eat is Comer. Comer. And I think we've come across

Comeer before when we were talking about I like to do something Me Gusta Comer, I like to eat So Comer To eat, Comer Comeer Comeer Here

Comeer here To eat here Now the phrase Can You, Can One Is Se Pue Se Pue Se Puebe

So putting the whole phrase together So can we eat here. So can eat here? So can eat here? Se puade come here? Very well. So can we eat here? Can one eat here?

Can you eat here? Can you eat here? Se puide come here? And if you're going to eat in a place, then you probably want to see the menu. And the easiest way of saying this is us trae la carte

for favor nos try la carte for favor very well la carte is the menu

in some parts of Spanish speaking America you might hear el menu el menu so it would be

nos we'll be nos trae el menu for favor no we bring our

very Nostrae is going to be a very useful phrase as we're going to see later on in this lesson because it literally means can you bring us? If there's only one of you, then you would say, me try. Me try. Me try. Me try. Very well.

Take care with the word try. It's got two syllables in it. The first is tra. And then the second syllable is e. It Trae Trae Trae

Trae Trae Trae Trae Trae Very So let's think about some of the things

that we may have to eat in terms of snacks You might have Um Bocadillo A boccadillo Watch the double L sound Unbocadillo

Okay, now, a bocadillo is a sandwich, normally made with crusty bread, and it's the words used in Spain for a sandwich. In Latin America, you're probably more likely to hear a sandwich. An sandwich. And make sure you say sandwich in a Spanish accent, and don't just say,

an sandwich. Very well. Now, we'll practice those words again, but first of all, we want to detail. what is going to be in our sandwich. So you might want to say that you want a sandwich of chamon.

Chamon. Chamon. Let's just take a moment to practice that ch' sound, which I know some of our listeners are finding quite difficult because we've had a few emails about the the ch' sound. As usual, it's quite difficult to explain

exactly how to create a particular sound, especially a sound like but what we are going to try and do is train you to say this sound. The sound itself should be a sort of guttural roll on the back of your throat. This is not going to sound particularly pleasant when you're listening to this on your headphones, so I apologise in advance, and equally if you're repeating these sounds, you might want to make sure that you're in private when you're doing that. You're trying to get a sound that sounds something like

and then follow that with the vowel in, for example, the word chamon. Hamon Hamon Thank you Now if you can't quite say the Ch sound like that Then what you might want to try is putting your tongue up to the top of your mouth

as if you're going to say the word Canada And before you say the The khe sound of Canada Just hold your breath So Canada And rather than saying

Canada I want you to open the space Between the top of your tongue And the roof of your mouth very slightly and let air come through that. So, Khanada. And that might be another way of producing that sound.

Khamon. Khamon. Okay. Ideally, you would have a little trill in the back of your throat as well at the same time, so you get something like Khanada. Khanda. It all sounds a bit strange. We're just trying to help you come up with a way of saying this.

Try and avoid saying the sort of the ha-sound, the hamon like that just as if it were an h in English. It really has to be something a bit stronger than that. Chamon. Chamon. So chamon, I don't actually think we've said what chamon is. Chamon is ham. Hamon.

Or you may be looking for a sandwich of queso. Kesso. Keseo. Keso being cheese. Kesso. Keseo. So let's put this together with the word for sandwich. In Spain, you talk about

a bocadillo de chamon. Un bocadillo de chamon. Very well. Watch the decent vocadillo. Bocadillo. Bocaidio de hamon. Bocaidio de chamon. Okay.

So, a bocadillo de chamon. A ham sandwich, or a bagelio de queso. Very good, a bocadillo de queso. Very well, a bocadillo de queso. A bocadillo de queso. Now, if you're in Latin America, you're more likely to say a sandwich de hamon. A sandwich de chamon.

Or, a sandwich de queso. A sandwich de queso. Very well. Other things that you may have are una racion. Una racion. Una ration is a portion of something. In Latin America, you would say,

una ration. Una ration. And it might be a ration de tortilla. Una racion de tortilla. And tortilla is the Spanish omelet made from potatoes and eggs and sometimes onions

and sometimes other things. A ration of tortilla. A ration of tortilla. Or you may want to ask for an salada. A ensalada. Very well. An ensalada.

A ensalada. And an ensalada is a salad. Okay, we'll be back in just a moment. When you're not listening to Goughby Greek Spanish, you can still practice your Spanish with our regular posts on social media. Find us on Facebook, just search for coffee break Spanish. We're Learn Spanish on Twitter,

and you can keep up with the team through our regular posts on Instagram. Follow coffee break languages. It's our mission to help you turn your downtime into your due time. Okay, let's get on with the lesson. Now, the waiter or waitress may come and ask you, Kie Algo

Mas Kierre Algo Mas Or if there's more than one person with you you may be asked Kieren

Algo M Maz And this means do you want anything else Do you want something more? And this word mass

is a very useful word indeed and we're going to use it in a few phrases now We came across Nostrae earlier on

Can you just repeat that, please? Nos trai. Nos try. And we can ask now, can you bring us more water, for example? Nos try more water. No's try mass agua. Okay, and we can add in, for favor at the end. Nos try more water, for favor.

Nos try as agua, for favor. Or we might want to ask for more wine. Nos try more wine, for favor. or We may want to ask for more bread. Very well. Or we may want to ask for more bread. Nos try

more pan, for favor. Nos try more pan, for favor. Nos try more pan, for favor. And finally, we may want to ask

for the bill. Nos try la Quenta. for favor Nos try La Quenta, for favor Very well

So La Quenta Literally the account La Quenta is the bill La Quenta La Quenta La Quenta La Quenta

Very well Now you'll have the opportunity To practice all this language In a dialogue On the bonus podcast this week If you're a Premium member Now we've been to the the bar and the cafe now. We've ordered some drinks and ordered some food. And due to popular

demand, we're going to bring you something just a little bit different this week. Some people may say that this week, this week, this semena, is la semana most romantic week of the year. And for that very reason, we're going to bring you some chat-up lines in Spanish. Hopefully, these will come in useful to you. And do let us know if you have any success using them. So let's begin with, possibly one of the most common Spanish chat up lines and that is the phrase, Estudias or Travajas

Studias or Travajas. And you probably can work out what that means already. Estudias, do you study or Travajas? Or do you work? And it's the two form, it's an informal question. Estudias or Travas?

Studias or Travaz? And it's the idea to start off a conversation. Estudias or workas. And then they might say, well, I'm a work in an officeina or

study in the university of San Diego or whatever that happens to be. Studias or you're or travas? Okay, and you may want to ask someone,

Estas accompanied and accompanied means accompanied, literally. Are you with someone? And you would use accompanied if the person you're talking to is male.

If the person you're talking to is female, you would say, Estas accompaniedada. Estas accompanieda? Estas accompanied. If you're talking to a male, you're talking to a male, and if you're talking to a female,

Estas accompanieda. You're Acompanieda? Very well Now if we're getting into the cheesy chat up lines You might want to ask someone Nos Conocemos Do we know each other

In Latin America Nos Connocemos Nos Connocemos Nos Connocemos Or nos Connocemos Or No Connocemos Or nos conocemos

No know each other. Conocer is the verb to know a person. Nos connocemos to we know each other. Or you may want to ask, no eres de acque, verda. No eres de aci, verda. You can work out what no eres de aci means. I'm not from here. Oh, you're not from here. You're not from here. No eres de a key. You're not from here.

And the word Verdad at the end It literally means truth Verdad When you ask that Almost in a question form at the end It means

Are you? You're not from here, are you? Verda Verda? It's almost got a silent D on the end Verdad Verdad?

Yeah No eres here, Verde? No are this here, Verde? Very well.

Okay, if we're getting into the more serious stuff now, you might want to say to someone that they are good-looking. You would say, Eres guapo.

If you're talking to a male person, eras guapo. Erre's guapo. And if you're talking to a female person, you would say, eres guapa. Erres quapa. Erres guapa.

Eres guapa. Very well. Can you remember how to say that you like something? For example, I like music. Me gusta. And if you're saying that you like more than one thing, you would use megustan.

Megastan. Megastan. Now, we're going to be saying something exceptionally cheesy here, and we're also going to be practicing that ch sound. The word that we're going to talk about is ocho. Ocho means aye. So we're going to talk about Tos Ocho. Your eyes.

Tus ochos. Tos ochos. Your eyes. Tuss ochos. Tos ochos. Now, you've probably worked out the cheesy line that we're going to come up with. Me gustan tus ochos.

I like your eyes. Me gustan those o'hos. Me gustan tus o'hos. Okay. Now, the time may come when we actually have to use the phrase, I love you. And to say that, you say,

Te-quero Te-quero Now, quero is a phrase that we've already come across just in this last week when we were talking about Quero A limonada. Exactly. Quero, a limonada,

I want. So te-quero literally means I want you. Te-chero. Te-chero. Te-chero. Te-chero. And it's the perfect way to practice that soft tea sound

in Spanish. You wouldn't say, Te quero! You would be much more likely to say te quero. Te quero. Very good. We're going to use Kiero one more time in an exceptionally cheesy phrase. Kuo passar

Toda my vida contigo. Let's split that up before you repeat it. Kiero passar. Kierro passar. Toda my vida.

Toda my vida. So, I want to spend all my life, my whole life, contigo. Contigo. Toad my life contigo. Toda my vida contigo. Kierro pass all my life contigo.

Kierro pass all my life contigo. So hopefully, you'll be able to use all these romantic phrases with your loved ones on Valentine's Day. And one of the best ways of practicing your romantic Spanish is by listening to some songs. I'm sure you'll be able to find plenty of romantic Spanish songs either on iTunes or in your local record store. And that's where we're going to leave it today

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